Infrastructure Engineer

Infrastructure Engineer
Location: Hybrid - Leatherhead, Surrey (2-3 days onsite)
Contract: Inside IR35
Day rate: Up to £540 per day
Duration: 6 months (likely to extend)
Start date: ASAP
Key skills: Networking, Meraki, WAN, VMware, Servers
Our Client requires an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to join their existing Infrastructure Team. This role is a generalist infrastructure position with a strong networking focus, supporting BAU operations and assisting in the delivery of the Meraki-based WAN Replacement Project..
To be successful in the role you will already have experience in a similar multi disciplinary infrastructure position. You should be able to demonstrate capability across networking, virtualisation, storage, backup, monitoring, collaboration tools, and on premises hardware
Technical Skills:
- Support BAU operations across networking (Meraki LAN/Wi Fi), VMware, NetApp storage, Commvault/Veeam backups, Check Point firewalls, Microsoft Teams/MTRs/Teams Phone, Xerox Workplace Cloud printing, DHCP/DNS, and physical infrastructure.
- Assist with the WAN Replacement Project, supporting site readiness, pre/post cutover testing and some out of hours migration support.
- Perform 3rd line troubleshooting and own incidents, problems, and changes through to resolution.
- Maintain high-quality documentation including knowledge base articles and project artifacts.
- Support VMware vSphere operations including VM lifecycle management and host performance.
- Support NetApp storage operations including monitoring, capacity, LUN/share management, and engaging vendor support.
- Support Commvault/Veeam backup operations, address failed jobs, perform restorations, and ensure backup integrity.
- Support Teams collaboration services, including troubleshooting MTRs, Teams Phone, and AV/peripheral issues.
- Support SolarWinds monitoring, triage alerts, analyse dependencies, investigate performance issues and escalate where required.
- Provide support for enterprise printing using Xerox Workplace Cloud.
- Work with vendors including BT, hardware suppliers, cloud vendors, and managed service partners.
- Participate in planned out-of-hours work (typically 2-3 hours/week) for WAN cutovers.
- Ensure all work meets defined change control, quality, and documentation standards